Humidor.



q. H; LEE; HUMIDOR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1909.

963,592. I Patehted July 1910.

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GEORGE HOWARD LEE, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

HUMIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 27, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Serial No. 509,852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HOWARD LEE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and Improved Humidor, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in View areto provide a humidor for supplying moisture to heated air, and toprovide a device for regulating the amount of moisture given ofi.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a planview of the humidor constructed in conformity with the present inventionshown in its application to an incubator, the incubator being shown insection taken on the line 1--1 in Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection of the humidor and incubator containing the same, the sectionbeing taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the humidor, showing the cover of the same partly displaced and thescale used in connection therewith.

The humidor consists in an elongated, shallow pan 4. This may be formedas a continuous piece or may, as shown in the accompanying drawings, bedivided by the partition 5-5. The humidor is supported within theincubator chamber by the rails 66 just above the egg tray 7. The cover 8is adapted to fully cover the pan 4; and is secured thereto by a bolt 9fixedly attached to the bottom of the pan 4:- The bolt 9, by thisconstruction, forms a pivot upon which the cover 8 is swung. Fixedlyattached to the cover 8 is a handle 10 which is extended horizontallyfrom the said cover and rides over and upon the extended scale-bearingmember 11. The scale-bearing member consists of a flat piece of metalbent to the desired shape and fixedly secured to the side of the pan 4.Upon the outer surface of the member 11 is impressed or imprinted aseries of numerals or other designating marks 12, indicating stationsfor the location of the handle 10.

By means of the construction whereby the pan 4 is divided by thepartitions 5-5 into three compartments, it will be noticed that themiddle compartment is exposed by the cover 8, very slightly, incomparison with the compartments formed at the ends of the pan 4. Bythis arrangement the evaporation from the middle compartment is retardedso that it is possible for the compartments at the ends of the humidorto become exhausted and dry, while the middle compartment yet containsan abundant supply of water, which, answering to the greater demand ofthe increasing absorption of the air will supply the needed moistureuntil the neglect on the part of the owner or operator has been remediedby supplying all of the compartments with the needed quantity of water.

By operating the cover with reference to the scale 12 the same supply ofmoisture may at any time be duplicated, which at a former time gavedesired results. The scale 12 permits the reproduction at any time of aformer condition of the humidor within the incubator, or thereproduction of the former conditions for the operation of theincubator.

The operation of a humidor of the construction specified is obvious.When placing any humidor within the chamber, care is taken that thescale 12 shall be presented to the door of the chamber and that thehandle 10 is placed in a position readily accessible from the open door.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A humidor comprising a plurality of seriallyarranged liquid receptacles; and a single cover for said receptacles,said cover being pivotally mounted on one of said receptacles at a pointremoved from the adjacent receptacles to unequally expose the contentsof said receptacles when the said cover is shifted.

2. A humidor, comprising an elongated, shallow pan divided into separatecompartments, in the center one of which is erected a pivot, and a covermounted upon said pivot and adapted to swing thereon to expose saidcompartments in unequal degree.

8. A humidor, comprising an elongated pan divided into separatecompartments, a cover pivotally mounted upon said pan at the medium linethereof, a member having 110 fixedly attached to said'pan, projectedfrom scale markings fixedly mounted .upon said the side thereof toward.the door of the inpan, in'relation to said cover, to show thecubating'chamber, and a handle attached to "open position of said cover.said cover.

A humidor, comprising an elongated In testimony whereof I have signed mySpan divided into separate compartments by name to this specification inthe presence of 15 snitablepartitionaa cover for said pan, pivtwosubscribing witnesses.

otally connected to said pan at the 1116(1111111" GEORGE HOWARD LEE.

line thereof to expose the said compartments Witnesses:

in a'varied degree, a scale-bearing member HARRY ROWLEY,

HELEN M. DAILEY.

